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I have recently installed a Roku 100 Soundbridge which connects wirelessly to my PC and plays all the stored music on my computer through my stereo speakers (via the AVR300).

I have plugged the Roku into the VCR channel as, although the Roku has a coaxial digiatl output, I use channels 6+7 for Zone 2 music in another room.

My question is, how come I can get my sub-woofer to work when the Roku is plugged into the VCR input (analogue) but, when I switch the CD to analogue input, the sub-woofer has no sound (only on digital input) ?

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I have recently installed a Roku 100 Soundbridge which connects wirelessly to my PC and plays all the stored music on my computer through my stereo speakers (via the AVR300).

I have plugged the Roku into the VCR channel as, although the Roku has a coaxial digiatl output, I use channels 6+7 for Zone 2 music in another room.

My question is, how come I can get my sub-woofer to work when the Roku is plugged into the VCR input (analogue) but, when I switch the CD to analogue input, the sub-woofer has no sound (only on digital input) ?

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This is because in analog more you probably have stereo direct turned on, so no dsp processing is happening so only the L+R signals are getting process. If you want subwoofer in analog, you need to make sure stereo direct is not selected, so that something lid DolbyPLLx Music or some other dsp can be applied. making sure no digial connection is present will certainly make take because I think if both analog and digital connections are present for the same source, then the arcam will only use analog if stereo direct is pressed. a way to get around it is to assign the cd coaxial input to another unused input say, like Tape 1. Then you can for the cd input make sure stereo direct is not selected and get subwoofer out.

Another completely different approach is connecting the pre L+R to the subwoofer instead of the subwoofer out, and setting the subwoofer to none in the speaker settings and the fronts to Large. Then u'll always get bass out of the subwoofer no matter what. This way you leave all the inputs as it is.